Agreements between the implementing agencies and the Executive Committee
49. The Executive Committee observed that the various elements of the agreements were differently presented in the three documents, which complicated the task of reviewing them. It was also the case that some passages, not necessarily the same ones, needed redrafting. A uniform format for the agreements with the Committee was desirable and it was agreed that the Chief Officer should negotiate with the implementing agencies to bring that about. In that connexion the Committee authorized the Chief Officer to obtain legal expertise to assist him, if needed, and requested him to submit a more uniform format for the agreements, for consideration at its fourth meeting in June 1991. A small open-ended group under the chairmanship of the Netherlands was set up in order to establish the main principles to be followed in drafting that form of agreement. The group identified the elements common to the three agreements that would serve as a guideline in preparing a reviewed form of agreement.